DISCLAIMER: I do not own these characters, except for Matthew and Moxie. The rest of them belong to James Duff and the Major Crimes franchise.
A/N: Thanks for all of the great reviews on this story. Here is the last chapter of this story. I hope you all have enjoyed reading this. Thanks again!
Chapter 10
When Provenza walked in to Andy's room, the sight before him had him sigh. Matthew was curled up into Andy's right side, sleeping while Andy and Sharon were watching the local news. Provenza knocked on his door and they glanced over at him. Sharon stood up and greeted Provenza as he walked into the room. "Captain" Provenza said. "Hello, Lieutenant" Sharon said and then gave him a hug making Provenza feel awkward. "Uh, Chief Howard stopped by the office before I left. He was wondering if you'd be in tomorrow" Provenza said to her as she pulled back. "More than likely I will, did he say why he was wondering?" Sharon asked. "No, but he did say he would send a text message to your phone" Provenza said as he pulled up another chair to sit down in.
Sharon walked over to her purse on the couch and pulled her phone out. She saw that she had a message and then opened the app to see who it was from. 'Captain, hope all is well there with Flynn. Wondering if you were coming in to the office tomorrow, there's something we need to discuss with you' Sharon read the message from Chief Howard silently in her head. She could only imagine what it was that needed discussing, the new assistant chief's position. She took a deep breath and sighed as she placed her phone back in her purse. Andy looked over at her. "Everything okay?" he asked her as she was responding back to the text message. "Fine" she said smiling at him.
The doctor then walked into Andy's room and spoke to them. "Well, Lieutenant I see you have some visitors here" she said as she glanced at his chart. "Yeah, my son missed me" Andy said as he glanced down at Matthew who was still sleeping. "Here, I'll wake him up" Sharon said as she walked over to the other side of the bed and gently woke Matthew up. Matthew opened his eyes and then Sharon helped him out of the bed. "The doctor needs to examine Daddy" she said to him as he rubbed his eyes and stood up. "Sorry" Matthew said to the doctor and got shy all of a sudden, hiding his face behind Sharon. "Oh, that's quite alright" the doctor said as she moved closer to Andy.
"So how was your physical therapy session today?" the doctor asked Andy as she took a look at him. "Um, it was okay" Andy answered her as she took her stethoscope out to listen to his heart. "Take a deep breath for me" she said to him and Andy did. "Good" she replied and then she checked his vitals, everything coming back good. "Are you in any pain right now?" she asked him as she checked his pulse. "No, but I will tell you after my session, my shoulder hurt a lot" Andy said to her. She nodded. "What about your lower abdomen area, did that hurt as well?" she asked him as she poked and prodded in that area where the incisions were. "No, that didn't hurt" he said as he winced. The doctor glanced up at him with a questionable look. "Maybe there's a pinch every now and then" Andy said. The doctor wrote some notes down in his chart.
"Okay, so Lieutenant everything is healing up nicely and your vitals are all good. I'm going to release you from the hospital tomorrow morning" the doctor said. Andy sighed as he didn't want to spend another night in the hospital. "About what time, Doctor?" Sharon spoke up as she glanced at Andy. "Hmm, probably mid-morning around 10:30" the doctor said to Sharon. "Oh, uh before you leave doc, I was just wondering how long before I can be in the field again" Andy asked the doctor before she left his room. "Well, that all depends on how you do with your physical therapy sessions. If you can get 90 percent motion back in your shoulder without any pain, then you can be released for field work, but right now, I want you on desk duty, at least for two weeks and then I'll consult with your physical therapist and see how things are going. Sound good?" the doctor said to Andy and then looked at Sharon. "Yeah" Andy said a little disappointment in his voice.
"Thank you Doctor" Sharon said to her as she left his room. Sharon then turned to look at Andy and walked over to his side. "Andy" she said to him. "I know, I know" Andy said to her as she fingered his left hand. "So, Captain, if you want to take Matthew and grab dinner, I can stay here with Flynn and by the time you get back, I'm sure I'll be ready to leave" Provenza said to Sharon. "What's that supposed to mean?" Andy chimed in. Provenza shook his head and so did Sharon. "Ok, thank you Lieutenant" she said to Provenza and then gathered her purse. "Matthew, would you like to get something for dinner?" she asked him and Matthew nodded as he stood up from the couch. She walked over to Andy and bent down to kiss him. "Please behave yourself" she said to him. "It's not me you should be worried about, it's him" Andy said pointing to Provenza. Sharon smiled and then her and Matthew walked out of the room.
Provenza sat down and they turned the TV back on. "So, what's your problem?" Provenza asked him. Andy just looked at him. "Fine, if you must know I don't want to be on desk duty again" Andy said to him. Provenza nodded his head slightly. "Okay, then stop getting shot, injured, whatever you want to call it" Provenza said to him. "Do you think I do that on purpose?" Andy said as he gritted his teeth at him. "Easy Flynn, just relax okay. No one is saying you did that on purpose" Provenza said as he turned his head away from Andy. Andy decided to change the topic of discussion as he didn't want to think about being on desk duty. "So, how were things at the office today?" Andy asked Provenza.
"Huh, interesting let's just say" Provenza said to Andy and then proceeded to tell him about the day. "So, Chief Davis shows up and asks about me?" Andy said to Provenza as Provenza flipped through the TV channels. "Yeah, but I don't think she was concerned, she just wanted to get under my skin because she wanted to know which one of us shot the bastard that shot you" Provenza said as he settled on the show he wanted to watch. "Ah, Jeopardy is starting" Provenza said as he placed the remote back on Andy's bed. Andy rolled his eyes as they watched the show.
Meanwhile, Sharon decided that she and Matthew would head down to the cafeteria in the hospital as she didn't want to be gone long from Andy. She figured that he would want her to go home tonight with Matthew, which meant that they would both be sleeping alone. They did that before when he was in the hospital for his blood clot surgery, but that was different then. For one, they weren't married back then and two, they didn't have Matthew either.
Matthew looked around at all of the different choices that the cafeteria offered. He then tapped on Sharon's right side. Sharon was busy making a salad for herself and she looked down at Matthew by her side. "Can I choose anything here?" Matthew asked her. "Well, try to keep it healthy, if you can" Sharon said to Matthew as he walked off to where the pizza station was located. He ended up getting a slice of cheese pizza and Sharon put some carrot sticks, tomatoes, and cucumber slices in a separate plastic container for him to have as well. Matthew brought his slice of cheese pizza to the tray that Sharon was holding and saw the carrot sticks. He looked up at Sharon with pleading eyes. "You need some vegetables if you are going to eat pizza" Sharon said to him. Matthew didn't say anything and they walked over to the cashier.
Matthew chose a spot for them to sit down and eat their dinner. "Why did Daddy get shot?" Matthew asked Sharon as she started to eat her salad. "Oh, well you see Matthew, there are really bad people in the world and sometimes they want to harm other people for whatever reason they have" Sharon started to tell Matthew as he shifted in his chair. "Matthew?" Sharon tried getting his attention again. "You know, Daddy and I both have a dangerous job, right?" Sharon asked him as he ate some pizza. "Yeah" he said with his mouth full. "Why do you do that job, if it's dangerous?" Matthew asked her after he swallowed the piece of pizza.
"Hmm, well, ah there are lots of reasons why we do the job we have" Sharon said to Matthew as he looked at her. She paused for a moment before continuing. "We want to protect innocent people from the bad guys" Sharon said to him as she paused again. "Sometimes, the bad guys get ahead of us and try to hurt us instead of the innocent people and we get hurt" Sharon finished. "Have you ever gotten shot?" Matthew asked her as he was being inquisitive. "Yes, but it was a long time ago" Sharon answered him and she finished her salad. "Daddy didn't get shot on purpose, Matthew. He was doing his job" Sharon thought she should clarify that. Matthew nodded as he sat there.
Back at Andy's room, Andy's dinner was delivered to him and as he looked over everything on his tray, he heard a snicker coming from the direction of Provenza. He glanced over at him. "What?" Andy said to him. "Nothing, it's just that, whatever it is, doesn't look appetizing at all" Provenza chuckled as he pointed to the main dish. "Sharon must have chosen this while I was away" Andy said as he saw he had a plain, grilled chicken breast with steamed vegetables. "I wouldn't have her choose dinner for me" Provenza said to him. "Oh, really? I know for a fact that Patrice makes you eat healthier than you did before, and that she shoves vegetables at you any chance that she gets" Andy said defending Sharon and his own honor.
"Yeah, yeah, fine. Eat your dinner" Provenza said back to him as he was now watching Wheel of Fortune on the TV. Andy shook his head and then turned his attention to the food in front of him. Although he didn't care for hospital food, he didn't mind what Sharon had ordered for him.
Andy just had finished dinner when Sharon and Matthew returned to his room. "So where did the two of you go to dinner?" Andy asked them. "We went to the cafeteria!" Matthew said as he walked over to where Provenza was sitting. Andy gave Sharon a look and she shrugged her shoulders. "I didn't want to be gone too long" she said to him and Andy nodded. "Well, I guess it's time for me to head home to Patrice" Provenza said as he stood up from the chair he was sitting in and walked over to where Sharon was standing by the door.
"Flynn, I'm glad to see you are still alive" Provenza said to Andy. "Thanks" Andy muttered back as he turned the TV off. "Captain, I'll see you tomorrow, then?" Provenza turned to Sharon and asked her. "Yes, I have a meeting in the morning with Chief Howard, and then I'll probably come back here to pick him up and take him home" Sharon said to Provenza as she walked out of the room with him. Matthew walked over and climbed on the chair that was next to Andy's bed. "I'll read you a story" Andy said to Matthew as he took the book from Matthew's hands.
"When you saw Chief Howard today, did he seem different to you, in any way?" Sharon inquired to Provenza. "No, why?" Provenza said as they walked to the elevators. "No reason, it just seemed weird that he would want a meeting tomorrow morning and text me to make sure that I am there" Sharon said. "Do you think the meeting tomorrow has anything to do with the Assistant Chief's position?" Provenza asked her as he stepped into the elevator that opened. "You think so?" Sharon asked him in return. "Possibly. Good night Captain" Provenza said as the doors closed. Sharon had contemplated what Provenza just mentioned as she stood there for a moment. She then returned to Andy's room.
She walked back in and saw Andy reading a story to Matthew. She smiled at Andy when he looked up at her entering his room. She then looked at her watch and saw that it was getting late. She knew that she would have to get Matthew home soon. Rusty had picked up Moxie already and he texted Sharon that he had brought Moxie back home. She gingerly made her way to Andy's bed and scooted Matthew over on the chair so that she could sit down there. "I hate to interrupt this story telling, but it's getting late and you have school tomorrow, Matthew" Sharon said to her boys. "Awe, can't we stay here longer?" Matthew asked as he turned around to face both Andy and Sharon. Andy looked at Sharon and knew that she would find it difficult to leave him there at the hospital, while she went home with Matthew. He decided to jump in and spare her the turmoil.
"Matthew, your mom is right, you have school tomorrow, plus Moxie is waiting for you at home" Andy said to Matthew as Sharon glanced at him. "But you can't stay here at the hospital by yourself" Matthew said to Andy. "Well, I won't be here by myself. I'll have Batman and teddy bear here to keep me company during the night" Andy said to him as he pointed to the Batman and teddy bear. "And by the time you get home from school tomorrow, I will already be out of here" Andy said to him. "Will you come and pick me up tomorrow?" Matthew asked. "I'll be there, kid" Andy said and then Matthew gave him a hug. Sharon smiled as she watched the two of them hug. She stood up from the chair. "Okay Matthew, go gather all of your stuff" Sharon said as she pointed to the table by the couch.
Sharon then leaned down to Andy. Andy caressed her face with his hand. "I don't want to leave you" Sharon whispered to him. "I'll be fine, Sharon. Honestly" Andy said to her, reassuringly as he smiled. "You need to get some decent night's sleep for your important meeting tomorrow morning" Andy said as he stroked her right hand. Sharon chuckled. "Provenza thinks that meeting has something to do with the Assistant Chief's position" she said to him. "Maybe it does. No one deserves it more than you, Sharon" Andy said to her. "I'll have you know that I am fine right where I am now, in charge of Major Crimes" Sharon said as she leaned in and kissed him. "Just as long as it's not Winnie Davis" Andy said to her and she smiled.
Matthew gathered his things in his backpack and walked over to Andy's bed. "Good night pal, be good for your mom and say hello to Moxie for me" Andy said to Matthew and Matthew hugged him again. "Good night Dad" he said to him. "Be careful driving home, let me know when you get there" he said to Sharon as she kissed him again. "Have a good night here. Don't give the night staff nurses a hard time, okay?" she said to him as she caressed his face. "I'll behave myself" Andy said as he held up his hand. "I love you" Sharon said to him. "I love you too" Andy said as he held her hand.
Sharon and Matthew then left his room and headed home. Andy looked over at the Batman and the teddy bear and sighed. He decided to turn the TV back on and find some sort of sports show. He had hoped that would take his mind off of missing Sharon already.
Sharon had arrived home with Matthew and she texted Andy to let him know that they were home. 'Good' he replied to her. Sharon told Matthew to go upstairs and get ready for bed. Matthew did and Moxie followed him up the stairs. Sharon decided that she would get Matthew's lunch ready tonight, that way it will save them both time tomorrow morning.
She then made sure everything was locked up for the night and headed upstairs herself to tuck Matthew in before she made her way to their bedroom. After kissing Matthew good night, she made her way to their bedroom and got herself ready for bed. Afterwards she climbed into bed and grabbed Andy's pillow. She breathed his scent that still lingered on it from two days ago, and all of the memories started to flood her mind. She broke down and cried. A minute later, her phone alerted her to a text message. As she wiped her tears from her face and picked up her phone, she saw that the message was from Andy.
'I just wanted to make sure you were okay. It's a little lonely here in bed by myself' Andy's message stated. She smiled and responded back to him. 'I'm okay, in bed hugging your pillow close to me' Sharon's message said. "Hmm, you have my pillow, and all I have here is Batman and a teddy bear' he responded. 'Move the teddy bear up to your nose and breath in' Sharon wrote to him. Andy looked at the text. He took the teddy bear off of the tray table and did what Sharon told him to do. As he held it close to his face, he breathed in and smelled her scent, which brought a smile to his face. 'How did you do that?' he texted to her. 'I figured we would miss each other tonight so I made sure you had something there to remind you of me' she responded.
A few minutes go by and then Sharon gets another text from Andy. 'Get some rest Sharon. I love you' it said. Sharon smiled and responded back to him. 'Good night, Andy. I love you' her message said and she closed her eyes. Andy looked at the message she had sent him and settled in the hospital bed and drifted off to sleep.
The next morning, Sharon woke up to her alarm. She turned it off and got herself ready for the day. She was glad that Andy was getting released from the hospital today because she didn't know how they could spend another night apart from each other. She looked at her phone and saw a new message from Andy. 'Good morning, my love' it said. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes and responded back to him. 'Good morning, sweetheart' she sent him as she was getting dressed and ready.
Andy smiled at his phone just as one of the nurses came in to check on him. "Oh, I see you are awake already. You must be an early riser" she said to him. "Yes, I kind of am, plus I had to make sure my wife was up" Andy said to the nurse as she brought his breakfast for him. "So, word on the street is that you are being released later this morning" she said as she sat his tray down and moved it over to him. "That's right. No offense but I'm ready to get out of here" Andy said to her and they both laughed. "Don't worry, Lieutenant, no offense taken. We are certainly glad you are ready to go and get some more bad guys off of our streets" the nurse said to him. Andy looked at the nurse as she left his room. "Yeah, well I wish it was that easy" he said to himself. At least three weeks of desk duty was facing him when he returns and like usual, he was not looking forward to that. He was sure that Provenza already had a list for him of things he needed to do.
Sharon got Matthew up and he got himself ready for school. Sharon went downstairs and rushed through the kitchen, getting breakfast ready in the form of cereal boxes, bowls, and milk and placed them all on the kitchen table so that when Matthew came down, all they needed to do was eat and then she would drive him to school. "Matthew!" Sharon called upstairs to him as she glanced at her watch. It was getting close to the time that they needed to leave. Matthew came bounding down the stairs and joined Sharon in the kitchen for breakfast. "Everything okay up there?" she asked him as he sat down at the table. "Yes" he said to her as he ate his cereal. Sharon then went to feed Moxie his food for breakfast.
Fifteen minutes later, Sharon, Matthew, and Moxie were out the door in her car heading over to Matthew's school. "Good luck with your presentation on your solar system project today" Sharon said to Matthew as she pulled into the school's parking lot. "I will" he said and then paused before he got out of the car. "Dad is coming home today, right?" he asked her before leaving. "Yes, sweetie, in fact, I am picking him up later this morning after I have my meeting at work" Sharon said to him. "Okay, good luck at your meeting, Mommy" Matthew said to her and then stepped out of the car and headed inside the school building.
Sharon then drove over to the doggie day care place and took Moxie inside. Moxie was excited to go inside and play with other dogs there. Sharon spoke to the owner of the place as she dropped him off. "Moxie is such a good dog, and gets along with everyone here" the owner said to her. Sharon chuckled to herself after hearing that. She then left the doggie day care place and headed towards the PAB.
As she pulled into the parking lot, her phone was ringing. She smiled when she picked it up and saw it was Andy. "Yes, are you behaving yourself this morning" she said as she answered her phone. "Of course I am, model patient and all" Andy said as he laughed. "Oh really?" she said to him. "Where are you?" Andy asked her. "I just pulled into my spot at work" she said as she gathered her bag and stepped out of her vehicle. "Well, I just wanted to wish you good luck with your meeting today. The doctor is making her rounds again this morning and then I will let you know what time I will be released" Andy said. "Thank you. Truth be told, I am a little nervous and skeptical about this meeting" Sharon said as she made her way towards the elevators. "You'll be fine, honey. I love you" he said. "I love you too" Sharon said and then she hung up her phone.
She made her way up to the 9th floor and as soon as she got off the elevator, Chief Howard was standing in the hallway. It was almost as if he was waiting just for her, and that sort of freaked Sharon out a little bit. "Chief" Sharon said with a little hesitation in her voice. "Sharon, why don't you head on over to the Assistant Chief's office with me" Chief Howard said and Sharon stopped and paused for a moment. "I was just going to go to my office and check in on a couple of things before" Sharon started to say to him as she was still holding her bag. Chief Howard shook his head. "Come on Captain" he said to her and she walked with him towards the Assistant Chief's office, looking at him the whole time. "I promise, it's all good" he told her as he opened the door to the office.
Sharon walked inside the office and saw Commander Mason standing behind the desk, unpacking some boxes. "Oh, Leo! Congratulations!" Sharon said to Mason, a little relieved that it wasn't her that got the position and also relieved that it wasn't Winnie Davis either. "Yes, well, I guess one of us had to take this position, right? And I am holding to the promise that I made the two of you weeks ago" Mason said to the two of them as they sat down on the chairs in front of his new desk. "First of all, may I say that Chief Pope made a wise decision by picking you" Sharon said to Mason as she tried to settle herself down. "I was a little nervous when I heard that you wanted to speak to me to discuss something" she told Chief Howard. "Oh, well sorry Sharon, we wanted to surprise you with the good news but then the shooting happened and you know the rest" Chief Howard said to her.
Sharon looked at both men and shook her head. "So why would Winnie Davis tell Lieutenant Provenza yesterday that he better get used to seeing her around then if the both of you knew this before?" Sharon asked them and they both looked at each other. "Well, she still doesn't know yet" Chief Howard said to Sharon. "Chief Pope is calling her into his office this morning to tell her" Mason added. They all sat there for a bit until Sharon broke the laughter. "So, everything should be staying the same then" she stated to them. "Uh, well, not everything" Chief Howard said as he nodded to Mason. Mason stood up and carried a small box over to present to Sharon. "I think these are well earned and deserved Commander Flynn" Mason said to her and handed the small box to Sharon.
Sharon looked at the box and shook her head. "No" she whispered. "Open the box" Chief Howard encouraged her and she slowly opened it to reveal the Commander stars. She had tears in her eyes at this point. She had given up on that promotion that was promised to her when she took over the Major Crimes group. So many things had happened over the years and the one person who she wanted there to be present when she was handed those stars was currently waiting to be released from the hospital. "Does my team know yet?" Sharon asked them. "No, we didn't tell them" Chief Howard said. "We were waiting for you to tell them" Mason added as he sat back down behind his desk. She looked at the stars again, her stars, and was in utter disbelief.
"But we understand if you want to hold off alerting your team to your new rank until you share your good news with Lieutenant Flynn, how's he doing by the way?" Mason asked her. "Um, he's recovering well, he should be contacting me soon to let me know what time he's being released this morning from the hospital" Sharon said as she closed the box and held it in her hands. "I'm sure he's not looking forward to desk duty again" Chief Howard said to her. Sharon shook her head. "No he is not" she simply stated as her phone alerted to a text message. She looked at both Chief Howard and now Assistant Chief Mason and they nodded to her to answer her phone.
Sharon pulled her phone out and saw the message from Andy. 'I'm being released officially in an hour. Hope your meeting is going well' his message stated. Sharon took a deep breath as she closed her phone and returned her attention to Howard and Mason. They both watched her as she closed her phone and looked at them. "You're not going to tell him yet?" Mason asked her. "This is something I should tell him in person I think" Sharon answered. "Oh, by the way, I'm giving your team the weekend off, it was Fritz's idea" Mason said to her as he pointed to Chief Howard. Chief Howard just shook his head.
"Well, since our big announcements have been made, I would like to officially meet with you, Commander, Monday morning to discuss my agenda for you and the Major Crimes division" Mason said to Sharon. "Of course" Sharon said to him as Mason stood up. Sharon and Chief Howard both stood up as well and they all shook each other's hands. "Congratulations again" they all said to one another and then Sharon walked out of the office.
She couldn't believe it as she walked out to the hallway. She stopped and leaned up against one of the walls for a moment, she didn't want anyone in her division to see her there. She glanced at her phone again and decided that she would head over right away to get Andy. She made her way down the flight of stairs to avoid anyone she might know in the elevators and made her way to the parking garage back to her car. Once she was inside, she took a deep breath and it finally had sunk in. She was now a Commander, and she smiled at the thought. She couldn't wait to tell Andy and she started the car and drove over to the hospital.
Andy was sitting in the chair in his room, waiting for Sharon to text him back or acknowledge the message he had sent her earlier. He was staring at his phone when Sharon walked into his room. He looked up at her and saw the biggest smile on her face. "Hey, I was waiting for a text from you. How was your meeting?" Andy asked her as he stood up and she walked over to him. "It was surprising to say the least" Sharon said as she gave Andy a hug. "Surprising in a good way I hope" Andy said as he pulled back to look at her. "Oh, most definitely yes" she said to him and pulled him in for a quick kiss.
When she pulled back, she pulled out the small box that Mason had handed to her and showed it to Andy. He took one look at the box and knew she had been promoted to Commander. "You got your promotion!" he said to her, smiling ear to ear, and pulled her in for the biggest hug. "I did" she said to him as he lifted her off the ground. "Ah, Andy! Put me down, you'll hurt yourself" Sharon exclaimed and Andy placed her feet back on the ground. "I'm so proud of you Sharon" he said to her and kissed her again, this time the kiss lingered a little longer.
"Does the rest of the team know?" he asked her as they gathered his things in his bag and waited for the discharge papers. "No, I wanted you to be the first one to know, well besides Chief Howard and Assistant Chief Mason" Sharon said to him. "Oh, so Mason got the Assistant Chief's position. I'm sure Winnie Davis isn't too thrilled about that" Andy said to her. "Oh, well she doesn't know. She's having a meeting with Chief Pope this morning and he's informing her" Sharon said. "I'm sure that's going to go over well" Andy said as the nurse brought in the papers for them to sign.
"Okay, hospital policy Lieutenant, you must ride in the wheelchair when you get discharged" the nurse said to Andy and Andy groaned. "I can walk out of here with no problem" Andy said in return to the nurse. "I know that but it's the rules" the nurse replied and a wheelchair was brought to his room at that moment. Andy looked at Sharon who seemed amused at the sight. "Commander's orders Lieutenant if you know what's good for you" Sharon said to him and Andy smiled. He sat down in the wheelchair and the orderly pushed him as Sharon followed next to him, and carried his bag.
Sharon pulled the car around to the front entrance where Andy and the orderly waited. She opened the passenger side door and the orderly wheeled Andy to the car. He helped Andy stand up from the wheelchair and Sharon held out her hand for him to take. Andy held Sharon's hand as he sat down on the passenger side of the car and she closed the door. She thanked the orderly for his help and walked over to the driver's seat and sat inside the car. "So Commander, where are we going now?" Andy asked her as she started to drive. "Well, news has it that we have the weekend off. However, the rest of the team doesn't know it yet. So, I was thinking that we drive back over to the PAB, stop inside the office for a couple of minutes, tell them the good news and then we head home" Sharon said to Andy as she drove.
"Hmm, well I like the whole idea of going home with you, can we just skip right to that part? I really don't feel like sharing you with anyone else right now" Andy said to her as he watched her drive. "Oh, well I suppose I could compromise with that. How about you text Provenza that you were released this morning and that per Assistant Chief Mason, we have to weekend off so I picked you up from the hospital and we are heading home" she said. "Oh, and let him know that I'll call him later today" she added and Andy texted Provenza exactly what Sharon had said.
Provenza looked at his phone while he was sitting at his desk and saw that it was Flynn. "Flynn's been released from the hospital this morning, that's where the Captain was" Provenza stated to the rest of the team. "And apparently Commander Mason is the new Assistant Chief" Provenza added and there was a delay in everyone's response. "Wait a second, what was that?" Mike said in disbelief. "Mason is the new Assistant Chief" Provenza repeated. "So, the Captain is still with us then" Julio said. "Looks that way, yes" Provenza answered him as he placed his phone back in his pocket and sat back in his chair. He looked over at the Captain's office, glad that he didn't have to move all of his stuff to her office.
Sharon and Andy arrived at home thirty minutes later and Sharon carried his bag in for him. They stopped in the kitchen and Andy grabbed Sharon and held her close to him. "Did I tell you how proud I am of you right now?" he said to her in their close proximity to each other. She smiled at him. "Yes you have but I won't get tired of hearing that" Sharon said to him. Andy smiled and pulled her in for another kiss.
A couple of minutes later, Andy was lying down on the couch and Sharon came over to join him. He pulled her close to him as he settled again. "I don't want to hurt you" she said to him as she laid on top of him. "You won't Commander" he said to her and she shook her head. "How many times are you going to call me that now?" she asked him as he rubbed her back. "Well, it's still early and hard to say" Andy replied to her. She laughed into his chest and she heard him wince. "Are you sure you're okay like this?" she asked him, worried. "Positive, besides I'm right where I want to be" he said to her as he held her close to him. She smiled and laid her head back down on his chest and closed her eyes. They both fell asleep on the couch.
The End